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Foreign nationals and injured Palestinians allowed to flee Gaza for first time since Israel-Hamas war began

By Becky Anderson, Asmaa Khalil, Zeena Saifi, Helen Regan and Rob Picheta, CNN Egypt’s Rafah crossing, Doha and Jerusalem (CNN) — Injured Palestinians and hundreds of foreign nationals have started crossing from Gaza into Egypt, officials and Egyptian media said, in the first sanctioned exodus from the besieged enclave in weeks. Eighty-one severely injured Palestinians

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King Charles acknowledges Kenya’s colonial-era suffering but stops short of apologizing

By Max Foster, Bethlehem Feleke and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — When King Charles III touched down for his four-day state visit in Kenya, it seemed inevitable the new monarch would have to grapple with Britain’s legacy of colonialism. Mounting demands for formal apologies and reparations have overshadowed recent royal tours to former British colonies.

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Jury hears opening statements in trial of woman accused in fatal shooting of elite cyclist

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements were delivered in an Austin, Texas, courtroom Wednesday in the trial of Kaitlin Armstrong, the woman accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in Texas in May 2022. Armstrong has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in Wilson’s killing,

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Israel’s ground operation in Gaza is underway. Here’s what we know about the military’s movements

By Andrew Carey, Ivana Kottasová, Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Paul Murphy, Henrik Pettersson, Lou Robinson and Adi Koplewitz, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli army began its full ground operation in Gaza on Friday, moving tanks, bulldozers, infantrymen and combat engineer units into the Strip. But rather than make any quick advance on Gaza City, Israeli

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White Americans have far more wealth than Black Americans. Here’s how big the gap is

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Although Black and Hispanic Americans have accumulated more wealth in recent years, their median net worth still lags far behind that of White Americans. The net worth of the typical Black and Hispanic household in 2022 was $44,900 and about $61,600, respectively, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest Survey on Consumer Finances, a triennial report released this

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Cornell student arrested in connection with antisemitic threats made against Cornell University’s Jewish community

By Michelle Watson and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Cornell University junior was arrested and charged in connection with a series of antisemitic online threats made against Cornell University’s Jewish community, federal officials said Tuesday, two days after the messages surfaced. Patrick Dai, 21, was arrested Tuesday on “a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats

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